Two persons narrowly escaped death on Friday when their car skidded off Otedola Bridge along Lagos Ibadan Expressway in ward Berger area.
Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyitolu, who confirmed the incident, said there was no loss of lives.
The victims however, sustained different degree of injuries and were and later taken to hospital for treatment
According to Vanguard, eyewitness said the accident occurred in the morning on Friday while the car was trying to over-take a trailer on Otedola Bridge outward Lagos.
In the process the driver lost control and collided with the trailer, subsequently tumbled before falling off the bridge.
The car was badly smashed due to the impact of the fall.
Oke-Osanyintolu said, “Agency responders arrived to the above location to discover a Honda Accord with registration number MUS-440 HK had been involved in an accident.
“No mortality was recorded at the scene of the incident but the two young adults who were the only occupants of the car sustained minor injuries and were attended to by the Agency’s preHospital care unit( Paramedics).
“Agencies on ground include the agency’s LRT and Nigeria Police. Agency heavy duty equipment has been dispatched Recovery operations ongoing as 10 am.”
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